Khadi

A textile synonymous with India's freedom struggle, Khadi finds its revival in the state of Gujarat by the hands of Mahatma Gandhi. He rightly said, "The Khadi spirit means also infinite patience."

Significance & Symbolism

During our freedom struggle, Mahatma Gandhi saw khadi textile as a tool for our country to be self-reliant, independent, and give work to our people.

With the onset of the Boycott movement, as a first step to the Swadeshi movement, Gandhiji promoted the production of khadi.

It was 1918 when Gandhiji pioneered the Swadeshi Movement as a part of India's Freedom struggle against the British. He started the movement by the revival of Khadi. The movement was designed to boycott imported goods and materials and imbibe our citizens with a sense of unity and confidence that we could be self-sufficient.

Khadi textile became a part of Gandhiji's strategy to make the people realize they needed to take back what was theirs. It started with encouraging them to harvest their materials for the yarn production of Khadi. He imbibed within everyone to spin different types of Khadi fabric each day, whether rich or poor. 

People of classes showed unity as Gandhiji had asked for. Entire villages adopted the movement, weaving through economic independence as the first step towards freedom.